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James McDonald

James Zell McDonald (twitter: @JamesZ53)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 19, 1984 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed May 26, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 2008 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.03M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.080, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
Relatives: Cousin of Darnell McDonald and Cousin of Donzell McDonald
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2008 LAD NL 23 P 4 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 0.50 .960 1.80 1.72 0 0 0
2009 LAD NL 24 P 45 4 0 63.0 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 -2 -6 0.86 0.13 .955 1.71 1.70 4 2 33% 29% 0
2010 TOT NL 25 P 15 12 0 71.2 15 6 8 1 1 .933 1 2 1.76 0.93 .954 1.73 1.72 2 3 60% 29% 2
2010 LAD NL 25 P 4 1 0 7.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.35 0.50 .955 1.76 1.72 0 0 1
2010 PIT NL 25 P 11 11 0 64.0 13 5 7 1 1 .923 1 3 1.69 1.09 .954 1.73 1.72 2 3 60% 29% 1
2011 PIT NL 26 P 31 31 0 171.0 28 8 19 1 0 .964 -2 -2 1.42 0.87 .955 1.80 1.79 17 8 32% 28% 1
2012 PIT NL 27 P 30 29 1 171.0 30 14 15 1 1 .967 1 1 1.53 0.97 .950 1.77 1.75 12 4 25% 27% 0
2013 PIT NL 28 P 6 6 0 29.2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 0 0 0.91 0.50 .965 1.76 1.75 2 2 50% 29% 0
6 Seasons P 131 82 1 512.1 85 34 47 4 3 .953 -2 0 1.42 0.62 .954 1.77 1.74 37 19 34% 28% 3
6 Seasons TOT 131 82 1 512.1 85 34 47 4 3 .953 -2 -4 1.42 0.62 .954 1.77 1.74 37 19 34% 28% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2008 LAD NL 23 P 0 0 0 0
2009 LAD NL 24 P -2 -6 -2 0 0 0
2010 LAD NL 25 P 0 0 0 0 0
2010 PIT NL 25 P 1 3 0 0 0 1
2011 PIT NL 26 P -2 -2 -2 0 1 0
2012 PIT NL 27 P 1 1 1 1 -1
2013 PIT NL 28 P 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons P 0 -2 0 -3 0 2 0
6 Seasons TOT 0 -2 -4 -3 0 2 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2008 LAD NL 23 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 LAD NL 24 45 4 44 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 PIT NL 25 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 LAD NL 25 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 PIT NL 26 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 PIT NL 27 33 29 32 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2013 PIT NL 28 8 6 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 Seasons 136 82 134 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2008 LAD NL 23 24 88% 13% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 LAD NL 24 280 70% 29% 3 100% 0 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
2010 PIT NL 25 268 71% 20% 7 86% 0 5 0 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 75%
2010 LAD NL 25 38 71% 18% 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 PIT NL 26 754 74% 26% 23 83% 1 8 1 6 19 16 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 100%
2012 PIT NL 27 713 71% 26% 21 86% 0 14 1 11 15 12 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
2013 PIT NL 28 138 70% 28% 1 100% 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2215 72% 26% 56 86% 1 34 2 26 47 38 2 4 0 0 4 2 3 1 3 0 16 88%
MLB Averages 76% 31% 85% 80%



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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